Use your iPhone and keep your hands warm

With the first day of Autumn on Monday, cold weather is just around the corner for much of the northern hemisphere. But don't worry, you can still wear gloves and use your iPhone with Dots Gloves.

Dots Gloves include a little metal button at the fingertip that allows you to use the multitouch screen of your iPhone or iPod touch without direct finger contact. The metal dots are curved, and will not scratch the screen of your device. The dots are on the thumb, index, and middle fingers of the glove.

They also work great with Nintendo DS, notebook trackpads, ATMs, and kiosks with touch-screen displays.

A pair of knit gloves are $13, and wool gloves are available for $18.

And if gloves aren't your thing, you can always use a stylus. Or, as Erica pointed out to me, you can use your iPhone itself to keep your hands warm. Just start the Camera app, and lock the screen. Of course, this runs your battery dry in short order, but if your hands are that cold, it could be worth it.

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Source: http://www.dotsgloves.com/

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msb

I ordered a pair back in September or October when this was first published, I heard nothing until today when I got a PayPal refund and a message that they are so back-logged that they're sending my money back. :-(

Oh well, I'll try something else or some other time.

December 04 2008 at 2:32 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

UpgradeManiac

I was intrigued when GearDiary reported on these gloves last week at $10 knit and $15 wool. Now I see that they are $15 knit and $20 wool.

I'm a lot less interested after the price inflation within the past week.

September 22 2008 at 12:10 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

mato

My grandma knitted "iPhone-Gloves" for me last year. Only the thumb, index and middlefingers are fingerless - the other finger are like normal gloves.. ;-)

September 20 2008 at 12:17 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Khris

Sorry, I just can't trust the claim "The metal dots are curved, and will not scratch the screen of your device".

September 19 2008 at 8:20 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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tdowling

I imagine it's pretty unlikely that they'd accidentally put sharpened tips on your dots.

September 19 2008 at 9:54 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

CaptSaltyJack

Very cool. Purchased! I went for the ragg wool ones, I have a feeling those will be super warm and comfortable.

September 19 2008 at 4:50 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Maaz

Hey, did you receive your order or any sort of confirmation from the company itself?

I'm starting to get a little skeptical on how there is no company info on their website whatsoever. Minimalistic fail.

September 21 2008 at 2:09 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

CaptSaltyJack

Yep, got an email receipt.

September 21 2008 at 6:13 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Patrick

Another option is the Marmot iGlove and iGlove Liner Glove.

I got the iGlove Liner last year for my iPhone and I love them.

September 19 2008 at 3:05 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Niklas

Because we all know that metal never gets freekishly cold.

September 19 2008 at 2:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Brian Burns

Believe it or not I just may actually get a pair of these.